Imam Reza shrine is set to run some 40 Arba’een stations in Iraq in a bid to facilitate provision of services to Iranian and non-Iranian pilgrims converging in the city of Karbala forty days after Ashura.

Head of Karamat Razavi Foundation Mohammad Hossein Ostad Agha, speaking in an event to host donors of charity for Arba’een, pointed to some 15 Arba’een charity stations to be set up across Iran-Iraq border.
 
“The central charity convoy of Imam Reza shrine is set to be stationed on Mehran border and scheduled to prepare and distribute over 600,000 meals”, he announced.

He added that some 14 additional charity stations were supposed to serve pilgrims on eastern, northern and western borders of the country in an attempt to provide charity meals and drinks to Iranian and non-Iranian pilgrims crossing the borders. 

The CEO of the foundation added that over 40 charity stations from the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad would be stationed in the Iraqi cities of Karbala, Samara, and Kadhimiya in addition to those on Iranian borders.  

He added that most of the stations in the city of Samara would be Iranian.

The official further said that 50 servants of Imam Reza shrine would also go to Iraq to express gratitude to the Iraqi charity stations serving pilgrims for the Arba’een multi-million march.

The Arba’een congregation will fall on September 17 this year and millions of pilgrims from across the globe are expected to attend the ceremony as the COVID-related restrictions have been eased.